Maliha Mohammed, a Mombasa-based Kenyan chef who created history in 2019 by cooking for almost 75 hours straight, is gearing up for another attempt at the title.

Although it isn't what she set out to do, the renowned chef hopes to break the record set by Nigerian chef Hilda Baci.

Back in 2019, Chef Mohammed cooked nonstop for 75 hours to cement her position in culinary history and gain a spot in the Guinness Book of World Records. Yet, whether the worldwide reference book truly recognized her effort is still being determined.

PHOTO | COURTESY Chef Maliha Mohammed 

This is because a search for her name on the Guinness World Records website gives no results, only acknowledging Indian chef Lata Tondon as the current holder of the culinary marathon record after a marathon of 87 hours and 45 minutes in September 2019.

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Chef Mohammed, for her part, began cooking at the Kenya Bay Beach Resort in Mombasa at 10 a.m. on Friday, August 15 and finished her 75-hour 'cook-a-thon' on Sunday, August 18, at 1 p.m.

She cooked 400 dishes over three days, including traditional Swahili dishes like coconut beans, fried fish, mandazis, mukimo (mashed potatoes and green vegetables), and githeri (corn and beans), as well as international fare like Indian biryani and chapati, Portuguese chicken peri, and more than ten different types of pizza.

Initially, the chef, a mother of two, did her first trial at the Technical University of Mombasa (TUM) by preparing 100 meals nonstop for 36 hours.

PHOTO | COURTESY Chef Maliha Mohammed 

Then, in July of the same year, she began the second trial of 200 recipes for 54 hours before embarking on the final marathon on August 12, which Guinness World Records inspectors oversaw.

On Wednesday, Chef Mohammed disclosed on Instagram that she applied in December 2022 to attempt to beat the record in 2023. This was long before Nigerian chef Hilda Baci arrived.

The Guinness World Records staff informed her through email that the challenge would occur in August.

Chef Mohammed used the chance to congratulate her 27-year-old Nigerian rival Hilda Baci, who broke Lata Tondon's previous record by cooking for an astounding 100 hours and more.